Special Collections has copy number 29/50, signed by the author. IaU Title from colophon. "AlieNation/SepaRation was produced by Maureen Cummins in the spring of 2019 as part of Swarthmore College's Friends, Peace, and Sanctuary project. ... The book was bound in the coptic style by Lisa Hersey and printed by the artist on site at Women's Studio Workshop and Penland School of Arts. All text and color fields were silkscreen printed onto sheets of Arches Cover ..."--Colophon Limited edition of 50 copies, numbered and signed by the artist. Colophon text interspersed throughout the 4 volumes. "During Phase One of the printing, deeply saturated flats of color were hand-squeegeed onto blank sheets of Arches Cover White. Blocks of text were then surprinted over these color fields."--Prospectus
Summary:
"Funded by the Pew Foundation for Arts and Heritage, Friends, Peace, and Sanctuary brought five artists into conversation with Syrian and Iraqi individuals resettled in Philadelphia. Driven by questions about displacement and refuge, history and experience, the project explores art's capacity to build empathy and create a deeper sense of belonging. Cummins began the task of creating an artist's book for Friends, Peace, and Sanctuary by interviewing four participating families. ... Out of over one hundred transcribed pages, Cummins selected forty-eight excerpts, which she then pieced together to create a narrative arc. ... Text blocks are severed, then reprinted as quarto-sections on corresponding pages of four separate books. As in the case of the resettlers themselves, these stories must be reunited in order to be read, understood, and made whole again. Since the structure is also two-sided, with half the pages printed upside down, the reader is forced to puzzle out where and how to begin, and what order in which to read the pages"--Prospectus
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1110184463
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.